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Summary:
- Rip to FLAC and guard those files with your life.
- Convert to an appropriate lossy format for portable devices.
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Skittler
First hit on Google:
http://europe.rotel.com/products/search_results.htm?cat=receiversdesc=Receivers
1976-1981, retailed for $300.
Rotel kit has always been pretty good, but a 25-30 year-old amp may
need some tlc as some components struggle to last that long.
Adam
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adamslim
Those are my
Hi guys,
I am using the digital out of the SB3 with an external linear PSU
feeding a Tact RCS2.0 into a DAX Decade DAC into a TVC pre and the
power amps are Nuforce Ref9s driving Vienna Accoustics Mahler speakers.
I am quite happy with this set up but I slightly prefer the sound when I
use my
Hi,
How does replaygain affects the sound quality if I use an external DAC
and I have fixed my digital out on the SB2? I had read that if you use
digital output and a external DAC so you have to fix the digital volume
control for the best sound quality. With replaygain the fixed volume
would be
greg_f;214493 Wrote:
I was wondering if changing the crystal in the SB3 for the superclock4
will improve the sound further. I am not only interested in 44.1KHz not
48KHz.
Super clocked or not, your DAC will still have to recover the timing
from the SPDIF stream. The Teac has the benefit
Greg
I used to have a Tact RCS2.0 and a modified DAX Decade, although the
Tact did wonders with room correction I felt it robbed the music of
life and benefited from re clocking, (a Meridian 518 before the Tact
and an Apogee Big Ben after the Tact). I lived with that for a while
with a Meridian
Gary,
I know what you mean about the Tact robbing the music, I couldnt live
without it though since I have a nigthmare of a room. Since I modified
the Tact with a better PSU, better isolation transformers on the
inputs, Black Gates and much better quality caps in the critical areas,
it is better
Greg
I didn't have the SB3 when I had the Tact/Big Ben, I had the Off-Ramp
Turbo which is similar. I commented on it with the Big Ben in this
thead:
http://www.meridianunplugged.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=000945#02
You might want to contact Mark_H on that forum, he uses a
Gary,
thanks, I will follow that thread.
I know of Tony's cables but never really tried them in my system.
I forgot to mention the power conditioning. Yes, I do have one, my own
design (I was a digital design engineer before I move into management,
with few years experience ;) ). It
muski;213627 Wrote:
Haven't done a ton of listening with this, but immediately had to switch
from 'normal' to 'soft' -- it was just too bright and there was some
occasional weird digital distortion (maybe it was clipping)
Wouldn't this suggest the calibration is wrong? In my system, with the
Greg
The Connoisseur cables work well with the SB, Tact and digital amps but
not with the DAX. The DAX worked better with Krystal Kable's Silver
Mercury or The Missing Link Reference (the Silver Mercury had the
edge).
Regards
Gary
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GaryG
JJZolx;214443 Wrote:
Logitech,
With the next release of SlimServer, P_L_E_A_S_E break it once and for
all.
Don't tell anyone. Don't document it in the change log. Don't even
comment the Perl code. When someone reports that firmware v15 doesn't
work any longer, pretend you're
As I understand things, the fixed digital out simply stops the volume
control changing the digital out level. However, replaygain (which I do
use by the way) will gain/boost the level regardless of this setting.
It is highly debateable if this leads to any degradation in quality.
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Phil Leigh
Can anyone comment on the quality of Speakercraft amps? I am finally
getting ready to put in a squeezebox in my kitchen and was going to get
KEF iQ1s and the either the Speakercraft BB50-S or the Parasound zAmp
3.
Justin
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jjazz
I'm looking into ripping my cd collection to a hard drive source(as flac
files). I've read reviews about sonos, olive opus, transporter etc. I've
learned a lot about the different systems and am leaning toward the
Transporter but there are a few basics I'd like some help with. The
DAC, or audio
The only real difference between what CD drive you use comes down to
Error Reporting (some drives are better than others at saying oops, I
think I got this, but not sure) and longevity (rip a thousand CDs and
some drives will end up dying in the process).
Software can correct for the first case
Or somehow cause firmware 15 to have the correct phase again, but don't
tell anyone, and see if they notice. A true blind test :-)
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Skunk
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johann;214345 Wrote:
what are RealTraps?
Acoustic treatment panels that actually work.
http://www.realtraps.com/
Designed and sold buy a musician and recording engineer.
Many acoustic treatments do noting that is important. What you need
is bass control, and that requires big things since
AKM is releasing their newest miracle dac chip called AK4397.
Those who have tried it claim this is the best dac ever.
Apparently it can be swapped with the AK4396.
Any plans on incorporating it in the current or next Transporter?
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Kiep
krzys;214501 Wrote:
Muski did you get a *.txt file from the calibrator? Is that usaual with
calibrators ?
Chris
Yes, it was included with the service. I think most calibrators do
that. For instance, on the Earthworks audio site it says:
Calibration files are available for every Earthworks
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